Sunday, Nov 1
7:30 PM
Admission: $5.00
Movies on a Big Screen at The Guild
2828 35th St, Sacramento, CA
Devil Girl
Our Halloween Hangover show!
Fay is a small town girl on a cross country road trip, trying to escape her own reality after the death of her father. When her muscle car breaks down during a drag race she finds herself stranded along route 66 in an isolated desert town. Short on cash, she makes a series of choices to make enough money to repair her car. After encountering a neurotic, drug abusing clown she finds herself sliding down a dark spiral. Soon thereafter, her road trip starts to devolve into a living nightmare. Trapped and desperate, she fights to regain her identity while navigating through a host of locals; a creepy motel clerk, an overzealous preacher, and a sexy temptress with horns and a tail.
Starring Jessica Graham, new-comer Joe Wanjai Ross, and featuring Vanessa Kay (The Man Show, Greg the Bunny, and The Andy Dick Show) as Devil Girl. Music by Scum of the Earth, Blare Bitch Project, 400 Blows, The UV's, The Walking Dead and many more!
"The license plate of a car shown during the opening moments of indie thrill ride Devil Girl promises someone is 'going down,' and whether you interpret that in a sexual way or in a gangsterish manner like getting knocked down and beaten up, you'll definitely have your expectations met by the film ... and then some!" - Dread Central
"One hell of a fun little hallucinatory supernatural joyride of a road movie with a pounding soundtrack... and I truly enjoyed the hell out of it." - horrornews.net
"Devil Girl hits the screen like a rude interruption. This isn't the way movies are supposed to behave, all loud and barbaric. But Devil Girl does... Devil Girl was the movie we were hoping Rob Zombie would give us when we settled for House of 1000 Corpses..." - feoamante.com
Sunday, Nov 8
7:30 PM
Admission: $5.00
Movies on a Big Screen at The Guild
2828 35th St, Sacramento, CA
My Man Godfrey (1936)
One of the definitive screwball comedies of the 1930s, "My Man Godfrey" offers the radiant Carole Lombard in her definitive performance as flighty young heiress Irene Bullock, who on a society scavenger hunt stumbles on Godfrey (William Powell), an erudite hobo residing in the city dump. Godfrey becomes the family's butler, much to the dismay of Irene's father Alexander (Eugene Pallette), who thinks his household is crazy enough without another apparent lunatic under his roof. Halfway through the film, we discover that Godfrey isn't a penniless bum at all, but the scion of a wealthy Boston family. Having been burned by an unhappy romance, Godfrey dropped out of life, taking up residence in the dump. Here his faith in humanity was restored by his fellow indigents, who managed to survive and remain optimistic despite the worst deprivations. Meanwhile, however, he wants to straighten out the Bullock family, who he feels are a basically decent bunch beneath all their pretensions and eccentricities -- and along the way, of course, Irene determines that Godfrey will be her husband.
"My Man Godfrey" was nominated for 6 Academy Awards in 1936, including Best Director, and was the first film to be nominated in all four acting categories. It oddly was not nominated for Best Picture (which still puzzles people to this day), and even more strangely, failed to win any awards.
Sunday, Nov 15
7:30 PM
Admission: $5.00
Movies on a Big Screen at The Guild
2828 35th St, Sacramento, CA
Stingray Sam
Cory McAbee's follow-up to the cult favorite, "The American Astronaut!" An all new scifi musical western!!
A serialized film in six episodes. The official synopsis: "A dangerous mission reunites Stingray Sam with his long lost accomplice, The Quasar Kid. Follow these two space-convicts as they earn their freedom in exchange for the rescue of a young girl who is being held captive by the genetically designed figurehead of a very wealthy planet." Of course, that doesn't take into account the pregnant men. Or the corporate mascot rehab program. Or the tiny robot. Or the amazing music by McAbee's band, American Astronaut (formerly, Billy Nayer Show). Starring Cory McAbee as Stingray Sam and featuring David Hyde Pierce (TV's "Frasier) as The Narrator, McAbee's 5 year old daughter, Willa Vy McAbee.
"'Stingray Sam' leaves one begging for more... think 'The Searchers' meets 'Eraserhead.' - Variety
"Few films have me chuckling from beginning till end, but this one managed to do it. Well, except when I was laughing. Don't be deceived by its cheap looks or stunning black-and-white-o-vision, Cory McAbee put more creativity and wit in his film than I've seen in ten movies twice its length and a hundred times its budget." - Twitch Film
"[Stingray Sam is] cool. It's committed to its style. It's self-aware without being self-assured. It's a film you want to bring your new love interest too, because it'll show him or her that you feel comfortable having your postmodernism smothered in hilariousness. It'll prove to this new love in your life that not only can the avant-garde disturb filmic conventions, but also be kind-hearted and sweet, subversive yet caring and generous. This is not, however, some "Ice Storm" or "Squid and the Whale" coming-of-age whinery, this is the wild galactic frickin' West. Bring your gun. Bring your dancin' boots." - quietearth.us
Sunday, Nov 22
7:30 PM
Admission: $5.00
Movies on a Big Screen at The Guild
2828 35th St, Sacramento, CA
Medicinal 101
In 1996, the legalization of medical marijuana was approved by the citizens of California through Prop 215, and the DEA has been at war with the clinics ever since. This is costing the taxpayers of California millions of dollars each year. "Medicinal 101" is a documentary which explores the issues that arise when state and federal laws conflict; primarily through examining raids of medical marijuana clinics in California. Features Joe Elford, Dennis Peron, Bruce Margolin, Ed Rosenthal, Jane Klein, Jon Gettman, Don Duncan and Michael Teague. The timing of this screening just happens to coincide with President Obama's loosening of federal enforcement of medical marijuna patients and their caregivers.
Please note, last year we screened the precursor to this film. This is not the same documentary which we previously showed.
Director Dan Frank is planning to be in attendance.
Sunday, Nov 29
7:30 PM
Admission: $5.00
Movies on a Big Screen at The Guild
2828 35th St, Sacramento, CA
A Boy and His Dog
Follow-up your Thanksgiving with this 1975 indie classic based on Harlan Ellison's novella.
Yeah, for long-time followers of MOBS, it's a November repeat - we've shown this the last three years now (it's sort of become like our version of "It's A Wonderful Life"), not knowing how many folks would come out due to it being the day after Thanksgiving, and up until last year, it has been well-attended! Last year, not so well, and this might be the final year for it.
The year is 2024. World War IV, which only lasted 5 minutes, has long been over, leaving behind a post-apocalyptic wasteland. 18-year old Vic (Don Johnson in his first, and by far best, performance) wanders with his dog, Blood, who communicates with him telepathically. The none-too-bright Vic scavenges for food; the rather learned and sarcastically witty Blood sniffs out women for sex. Into this relationship comes Quilla, a woman from "Down Under" - a supposedly idyllic underground society which attempts to preserve the past. Quilla lures Vic "Down Under" where he discovers that there are some rather nefarious plans for him. Considered by fans and detractors alike to have one of the best film endings ever and was a direct influence on films such as "Mad Max" and "The Road Warrior."
Oh, and this ain't necessarily one for the kids.